Heh, I have done just this for a friend of the family on Linux mint Debian edition.
It works out alright but I always feel weird setting it up.
I had made a little mistake after attempting to try out the experimental Cinnamon Wayland desktop on said machine & failed.
… Then boot looped … Because autologin was setup.
Tiny bit embarrassing. Oops. Better keep backup minimal CLI Linux installs to repair/restore on seperate partition but seperate drives are best.
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